To be effortlessly yourself is a blessing, an ambrosia. ~ Laurie Colwin

Monday, December 26, 2005

Festivus AofG

Republic of T has post on Festivus and their Airing of Grievances. Terrance reported his pet peeve: not being able to buy groceries on Capitalmas Eve because the stores were closed. I agreed with him (you can see my comment over there) and thought I'd give my fans a chance to air their grievances also.

Besides stores not being open on Capitalmas I have a few other peeves. Here are ten of them:

1. Do the speed limit, not ten mph under it.
2. I am not here to entertain your children. Do not expect me to.
3. Your children are not my priority.
4. You chose to have kids, that does not mean you get special seating or parking.
5. If your kids are poorly behaved, keep them home. I do not want to listen to them scream in a movie theater, a restraunt, or the grocery store. If you can't shut them up, leave. Immediately. Don't punish the rest of us for your bad parenting.
6. Don't be surprised by a litter of puppies or kittens if your pet isn't spayed.
7. Walk your dog twice a day.
8. Don't dogear pages in the book, nor leave it open upside down. It hurts the book and me.
9. Spam irratates the shit out of me. This includes those stupid forwards. Stop sending them to me.
10. If you say you're gonna do something, then do it. Don't procrastinate and then blame it on me or get pissed at me when I point out to you your procrastination. Don't make me nag you to get something done.

So leave me a comment of your peeves, or post on your own page. I'm interested in what pushes your buttons.